R esea rch and De velopment Project s-Cogeneration and Advanced Turbine System s

Abstract

Gas turbin es a re improving ste a dily, keepin g pa ce with incr e as-
in gly st r inge n t emiss ions req uir em ent s , new c apacit y n eed s , and
growing compet it ive pr es sur es to impr ove efficiency. So far , te chn o-
logica l im prove me n ts to keep up th is mom entum hav e mostl y come
from th e pr iva te sec to r. But fed er al ass ista nce is a lso a va ila ble to
st im u la te R&D .
So me of th e new act ivit ies ste mming from DOE 's Office of Tech -
nologies , specifica lly in th e a reas of in a dva nced turbin e sys tems a nd
cogenera t ion , a re given h er e.